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She Falls Again
The Sky Woman has returned to bring down the patriarchy!
This book is about a poet who may or may not be going crazy, who is just trying to survive in Winnipeg, where Indigenous people, especially women, are being disappeared. She is talking to a crow who may or may not be a trickster, and who brings a very important Sky Woman has returned, and she is ready to take down the patriarchy.
This is poetry, prose and dialogue about the rise and return of the matriarch. It’s a call to resistance, a manifesto to the female self.
Cree poet and broadcaster Rosanna Deerchild is an important voice for our time. Her poems – angry, funny, sad – demand a new world for Indigenous women.
This book is about a poet who may or may not be going crazy, who is just trying to survive in Winnipeg, where Indigenous people, especially women, are being disappeared. She is talking to a crow who may or may not be a trickster, and who brings a very important Sky Woman has returned, and she is ready to take down the patriarchy.
This is poetry, prose and dialogue about the rise and return of the matriarch. It’s a call to resistance, a manifesto to the female self.
Cree poet and broadcaster Rosanna Deerchild is an important voice for our time. Her poems – angry, funny, sad – demand a new world for Indigenous women.
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120 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2024
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August 19, 2025
Conversational, compelling, and crucial. Beautifully powerful in language and tenacious in its telling, in its resistance, in its reclamation.
December 16, 2024
She Falls Again – Rosanna Deerchild – 2024 –
This is the third volume of poetry by the award-winning Canadian author and gifted storyteller Rosanna Deerchild (she/her), from the O-Pipon-Na-Piwan community and Cree Nation. Deerchild is a host of the CBC radio production that celebrates the culture, customs, and conversations of Indigenous people, and lives in Winnipeg.
The wisdom of the all-knowing Crow contains much meaning and symbolism to Indigenous people and in the Native American culture. The birds carry messages to and from the spiritual and sacred realms of spirits and ancestors and is highly represented throughout the collection; the Crow can also symbolize the opposite of strength and wisdom, to the point of appearing as a trickster linked to insanity.
The Clearwater Lake Indian Hospital cared for those with tuberculosis, some sought to escape, and there were those who did not survive and are buried in unmarked graves. The abuse and neglect of Indigenous people are subject matter for documentaries and podcasts, and Deerchild writes: “I am more likely to be assaulted/abused ignored blamed shamed/taken/and-or being killed.” On the reservation, mothers watch from behind closed blinds, the flashing lights of police cars: “some less/mother than warrior/mourning/another fallen son/another stolen sister”
There is much honor given to the thousands of women that stand behind Deerchild, her poetic voice is courageous and fearless: she holds the “bloodline” – sings the “storyline” – passes the “thin blue line” – “returning voices from the silence.” The collection is lavishly illustrated by Deerchild's sister, Mary Mooswa. *With thanks to the Public Library System.
This is the third volume of poetry by the award-winning Canadian author and gifted storyteller Rosanna Deerchild (she/her), from the O-Pipon-Na-Piwan community and Cree Nation. Deerchild is a host of the CBC radio production that celebrates the culture, customs, and conversations of Indigenous people, and lives in Winnipeg.
The wisdom of the all-knowing Crow contains much meaning and symbolism to Indigenous people and in the Native American culture. The birds carry messages to and from the spiritual and sacred realms of spirits and ancestors and is highly represented throughout the collection; the Crow can also symbolize the opposite of strength and wisdom, to the point of appearing as a trickster linked to insanity.
The Clearwater Lake Indian Hospital cared for those with tuberculosis, some sought to escape, and there were those who did not survive and are buried in unmarked graves. The abuse and neglect of Indigenous people are subject matter for documentaries and podcasts, and Deerchild writes: “I am more likely to be assaulted/abused ignored blamed shamed/taken/and-or being killed.” On the reservation, mothers watch from behind closed blinds, the flashing lights of police cars: “some less/mother than warrior/mourning/another fallen son/another stolen sister”
There is much honor given to the thousands of women that stand behind Deerchild, her poetic voice is courageous and fearless: she holds the “bloodline” – sings the “storyline” – passes the “thin blue line” – “returning voices from the silence.” The collection is lavishly illustrated by Deerchild's sister, Mary Mooswa. *With thanks to the Public Library System.
October 8, 2024
I generally don't rate poetry as I am not familiar enough to judge it stylistically, but I'm giving this one 5 stars because I loved it viscerally.
November 6, 2024
Absolutely 🫶🏼
December 26, 2024
If you only ever read one collection of poetry, this’ll be the one to read!
December 29, 2024
I don't know how to rate She Falls again other than 5/5 as Deerchild once again bares her thoughts, emotions, and fight on the pages in her haunting poems. Beautiful.
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